moonlights

kromebusa · 03-09-2006, 10:55 PM

Which is better, blue or white?

Should they be high intensity LED?

Woodstock · 03-09-2006, 11:13 PM

Good questions.. I'm tagging along to find out...

..I have also heard that certain bulbs burn out really fast if they do not have the right resistor... did I say that right?

Sweet Reef · 03-10-2006, 10:00 PM

I like my blue lunars, (3-1watt blue LED) the soft blue ripples it casts around the room at night when it bounces off the water is nice.

This picture of mine does not really give you a great example (the actual light is about half of what you see due to the camera settings) since the lunars appear to be very bright. But here goes.

cheeks69 · 03-10-2006, 10:46 PM

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Which is better, blue or white?

I prefer the blue, the flourescence is incredible, really my favorite time to watch the tank.

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Should they be high intensity LED?

I don't know about intensity but you surely don't want it to be too bright, I have 9 LED's on my tank and IMO it's overkill.

billyr98 · 03-11-2006, 11:29 AM

I loved my blue moonlights... made by odyssea... its like a 4ft tube with a whole bunch of LEDs in it. But my HUGE anemone doesn't like them on, he moves into the rocks when I use it, so no more moonlights for my tank

junnie · 03-12-2006, 08:14 PM

I had the blue lights,then i went to the white. much much better. To me, But the white lights are brighter. White seems more natural to me.

kromebusa · 03-13-2006, 10:05 AM

The blue seem to be overkill to me, the white has a nice soft glow. I am going to try some sort of "diffuser" for the blue ones, see if it tones them down at all.

Dragon Wrasse · 03-13-2006, 12:41 PM

I bought a 20 LED kit from these people and built a 15 LED Strip for my 75 gal and a 4 LED strip for my 5 gal Nano. Fast Shipping, High quality (High Intensety) with the proper resistors and instructions....the price was also nice.

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-DIY-Moonlight...QQcmdZViewItem

kromebusa · 03-13-2006, 01:57 PM

Yeah, I have the strip of blue, and the tank light has 4 predrilled holes for LED's. it came with white, i took two of them out and replaced with the Blue just to see what they looked like. I don't want to flood them with light and not let them sleep at all, but it is nice seeing the nocturnal creatures out and about.

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kromebusa Star Polyps Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 167 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: moonlights The blue seem to be overkill to me, the white has a nice soft glow. I am going to try some sort of "diffuser" for the blue ones, see if it tones them down at all.

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Dragon Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 991 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: moonlights I bought a 20 LED kit from these people and built a 15 LED Strip for my 75 gal and a 4 LED strip for my 5 gal Nano. Fast Shipping, High quality (High Intensety) with the proper resistors and instructions....the price was also nice. http://cgi.ebay.com/10-DIY-Moonlight...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting

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kromebusa Star Polyps Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 167 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: moonlights Yeah, I have the strip of blue, and the tank light has 4 predrilled holes for LED's. it came with white, i took two of them out and replaced with the Blue just to see what they looked like. I don't want to flood them with light and not let them sleep at all, but it is nice seeing the nocturnal creatures out and about.

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